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D. LIPPY.

CASH CARRIER.

No. 401,568. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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CASH CARRIER.

No. 401,568. PatentedApr. 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

DAVID LIPPY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CASH-CARR! ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,568, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed November 7, 1888. Serial No. 290,223. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Oarriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cash-carriers for store-service and other analogous service wherein this class of devices may be conveniently used; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of device embodying the essential features of my i11- vention, although the same may be carried into effect in other ways without in the least departing from the spirit thereof; and in these drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the track with one of my improved carriers mounted upon it, the means for starting the carrier, and the bumpers against which it strikes should a too violent impetus or n10- mentum be given it from the starting-point. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the carrier proper, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional. view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates cash-carrier car, and as this forms the essential feature of my invention I will proceed to describe it minutely, so that those who are skilled in the art to which it pertains will have no trouble in making and using the same. This cash-carrier consists, essentially, of two parts a frame, 1, provided on each side with two upward-extending arms, 2, in which are mounted loose grooved rollers 3, and a lower portion, 4, which forms the cashmeceptacle. The groove 5 in the rollers is designed to run upon the line 6, which is to be stretched tight, so that when the cash-carrier is moved thereon it will not sag and thus cre ate friction.

Immediately below the rollers, and preferably between the same, is formed a pocket, 7,

in which is placed a frictional bearing, 8, which may be constructed of any flexible ma terial, but preferably, in this instance, of leather. The track 6 passes between the wheels and this bearing, so that it will not be brought in contact with any part of the metal forming frame of the carrier or car, which would not only tend to create a large amount of friction when the carrier is traveling rapidly, but also to cause the wire to be worn away by coming in contact with the metal of which the carrier-frame is constructed. Each side of the frame is formed into arms 9, in which are mounted in any suitable manner, but preferably upon a bearing, 10, flexible rollers 11, which form bumpers for coming in contact with the flexible bumpers 12*on the track. As will be observed, the line is straight up to the point 13 at each end, at which point it diverges and forms a brake for stopping the carrier. At one end of the wire, or that next to the clerk, a hanger, 14, is secured to the wall and extends down a sufficient distance to allow the diverging arms 12 to pass through the same and be rigidly secured thereto. At a point near the upper end of this hanger an outward-extending arm, 15, is secured, carrying at its outer end a cord or rope, 16, which is designed to give impetus or momentum to the carrier. At the opposite end of the line the wires pass through a plate which is placed immediately in front of cashiers desk. Only one wire is shown in this instance; but in carrying this invention into effect there will be many wires placed in the same, all leading directly to the desk. as be fore stated. Immediately above this plate, and secured to the ceiling in any suitable manner, is another rope or chain which serves as a propeller, and is similar to the one in use at the opposite end.

Having now described the different parts of my invention, I will. proceed to show the manner in which it is operated. When the operator desires to send the cash to the cash. iers desk, the cup of the cash-receptacle 4: is removed and the cash placed therein. The rope 16, which, when in its normal position, rests against the rubber bumpers in the arms 9 and between the bumpers 12 on the diverging wires, is drawn back and then brought forcibly forward, thereby giving impetus or mo mentum to the cash-carrier, which travels with great rapidity from that point to the cashiers desk, where it is arrested by means of the diverging wires being forced against the wheels and the frictional bearing within the pocket of the frame. As soon as the cashier has made the change, by operating the rope in the manner before described the carrier will be sent back in the same manner to its starting-point. v

The bumpers 12 on the diverging wires and 11 of the arms of the frame serve the double purpose of preventing the cash-carri er from receiving any jar, and also of preventing the starting-rope from being out by coming in contact with the metallic hanger.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination, with the track having its diverging arms '12 passed through and supported near the lower end of the arm 14, and provided with separate bumpers on the diverging arms of the track, which bear against the lower end of the arm 14, of the cash-car comprising the frame provided with wheels mounted on the track, and provided, also, with flexible rollers 11, forming bumpers on the cash-car for engaging the bumpers on the diverging arms of the track, substantially as specified.

2. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination, with the irack having its diverging arms passed through and supported in the arm 14, and provided with bumpers 12 12, bearing against said arm 14, of the startingrope 16, suspended from the arm 15, and the carrier mounted on the track, whereby the bumpers 12 12 will prevent the carrier from being driven against the depending arm 14, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LIPPY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT M. ELLIOTT, GEORGE A. WoosTEa; 

